Adil Takhssait

Adil Takhssait (born 24 April, 1979, in Paris), better known by his stage names Vaï, formerly Mélo or Mélopsy, is a Canadian rapper of Moroccan origin. He was born in France to a Moroccan family and immigrated to Canada in 1993, and established himself in Montreal. He is an author, composer and performer. He is signed to K.Pone.Inc record label.

In LMDS

Adil Takhssait formed in 1994 his first band LMDS abbreviation of Les Messagers Du Son and a compilation released in France, where both had resided for some time.

After the break-up of the group in 2001, both Adil Takhssait and Cyril Kamar have continued with solo careers

Vaï, as a solo act Soon after the break-up, Adil issued his solo breakthrough album Street Life through THC Musique with the title track single coming from the album. The song "Street Life" featured Zaho and sampled on "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" from Eurythmics.

The single "Tous Héros" about violence and boxing gained cult status amongst fans. The song sampled on James Brown hit "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".

His follow-up album Ma raison in 2008 included the single "Sur ma vie" and the music video featured in the daily Top 5 chart in Canadian French language cable television specialty channel MusiMax

He was also featured in Zoxea's song "Reste calme" and in DJ Blast's "Un homme à part".

His "Visages tristes" is about the Arab-Israeli conflict using samplings from the soundtrack of Schindler's List.

Personal life Vaï is married to a professional photographer and has a son with her. During his hiatus from rapping, he opened a burger business under the name Vaï Burger in Laval and in Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

Albums & EPs With LMDS 1997: Les Messagers du Son 1999: Il Faudrait Leur Dire

As solo act Title and detailsDetails Street Life Type: Album Date released: 2007 Ma Raison Date released: 2008 Couleurs Type: EP Date released: 2019

Singles With LMDS "Cette une belle histoire" (with Jodie Resther) "Joins toi à la dance" "Tu me dirais" "Le bien de demain" "La Squadra"

As solo act "Street Life" featuring Zaho (2004) "Sur ma vie" (2008) "Infidèle" (2009) "À zéro" (2019) "Corrida" (2019) "Sous la pluie" (2019) "Revolver" (2019) "Suffoque" (2020) "Namek" (2020) "HEAVEN" (2020)